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The audio visual seminar covered who are the Sikhs, their origin, history, culture, contributions to the world and humanity, their sacrifices, their core beliefs, why they don’t cut their hair, why they wear a turban, carry a kirpan and so on.

In early August, I drove down to New Jersey State Police Headquarters where the Attorney General had some meetings to take care of, so he told me to meet him there. It just so happened, the AG had a meeting with Colonel Pat Callahan of NJ State Police. The AG invited me to this meeting and this is where I met the Colonel for the first time after hearing so much about him through social media.

Tim Uppal talks to a young genocide survivor. Uppal asked the girl what she most wanted. She replied that she wanted her father and brothers back. They were abducted by ISIS and are still missing. Photo credit: Khalsa Aid northern Iraq coordinator Sozan Fahmi.

Every Sunday, the Singh and Kaur family starts cooking curry and rice in the early hours, then takes the food and care packages to Hamilton's needy. They serve at Garden Place, the KFC on Ulster Street, and in Fairfield.